Ruby Jones

June 20, 1922 - October 15, 2019

Ruby Jones, age 97, of Huntington, died at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Parkview Huntington Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 – 8 p.m. Friday, October 18, 2019 at Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Bailey-Love Mortuary with grandson Ben Meekin officiating. There will be one hour of visitation prior to the service. Burial will be in Gardens of Memory in Huntington County. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for donations to be made to Love INC, The Master’s Pantry in Markle, or Boy and Girls Club of Huntington County, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750. Ruby was born on June 20, 1922 in Scuddy, Kentucky, the daughter of Robert and Bertha (Smith) Caudill. She married Richmond Jones in May of 1946 in Hazard, Kentucky; he preceded her in death in January of 2004. She retired in June 1983 from E-Systems, Memcor Division in Huntington after 15 years of service. Ruby was a faithful follower of the Lord and enjoyed gardening and feeding people in her home. She loved her family and they were her world. She is survived by children Adrian Jones, Otis (Sue) Jones, Liz (John) McClain, Yvonne (Mark) Sparks, Tom (Lorna) Jones, and Ronnie (Brenda) Jones, all of Huntington, and Sonny (Lorretta) Jones of Van Buren. Also surviving are a brother, Carl Holiday of Hazard, Kentucky, 16 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents Robert Caudill and Bertha (Caudill) Holiday, husband, daughters Audrey Jones and Elaine (Kreider) Bucher, a daughter-in-law Phyllis Jones, a brother, Gernie Caudill, a sister, Ila Caudill, her stepfather, Elidge Holiday, her stepbrother, Willard Holiday.